"Gulliver Snip had a clipper ship / that his mother called the bathtub." In this jaunty rhyming book for youngsters up to 6, young Gulliver fancies his tub a great ship of yore, until calamity strikes and he abandons the sinking craft for an island of living room furniture. But broken lamps and sopping carpets do not go unnoticed, and Captain Snip finds his travels waylaid by a mother with a towel and brush. Julia Kay renders the "real world" in colored ink drawings, while Gulliver's fanciful vision is seen in lush, full-page paintings.